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Authorizing Purchase of Technology Solutions to Optimize Integrated Communications (Equipment, Products, or Services) from Zetron, Inc. for the Information Technologies Department
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WHEREAS, pursuant to Article VII, Section 10, of the Illinois Constitution of 1970, and the Illinois Intergovernmental Cooperation Act (5 ILCS 220/1, et seq.), the County is authorized to procure goods and services through other governmental entities and agencies, provided various requirements of the Kane County Code are satisfied; and
WHEREAS, Chapter 2, Article VI, Division 3, Section 2-221 of the Kane County Code permits joint purchasing agreements by the County with other units of government when: a) the procurement is made pursuant to a written agreement, b) competitive selection procedures were used, c), the procurement is not employed to circumvent the intent of the County Purchasing Code, and d) the County is authorized pursuant to law or regulation to contract with the cooperating governmental agency; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Kane County Board Resolution No. 22-226 the County of Kane has previously entered into a Master Intergovernmental Cooperative Purchasing Agreement (“MICPA”) with Sourcewell; a cooperative purchasing organization that aggregates the purchasing power of governmental entities nationwide; and
WHEREAS, the MICPA is an intergovernmental agreement between the principal procurement agencies and the County (a participating agency) that permits the County to purchase products and/or services through various existing public purchasing agreements executed by the principal procurement agencies and their contracting third-party businesses; and
WHEREAS, the Kane County Information Technologies Department and Kane Comm desire to utilize, through Sourcewell MICPA, Zetron, Inc., public purchasing contract Contract No.042021-ZET to purchase technology solutions to optimize integrated communications from Zetron, Inc.; and
WHEREAS, the term of Sourcewell’s Zetron Inc. contract (No.042021-ZET) is through June 23, 2025; and
WHEREAS, the County has in the past successfully utilized Sourcewell public purchasing contracts to the satisfaction of the County.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Kane County Board that the Kane County Information Technologies Department and Kane Comm are authorized to enter into a joint purchasing agreement with Sourcewell (under Contract No. 042021-ZET) and Zetron, Inc. for the purchase of technology solutions to optimize integrated communications.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Kane County Information Technologies Department and Kane Comm are hereby authorized to purchase technology solutions to optimize integrated communications through Sourcewell’s Zetron, Inc. Contract No. 042021-ZET for a sum not-to-exceed Seven Hundred Thousand Dollars ($700,000).
BE IT ALSO FURTHER RESOLVED by the Kane County Board that Seven Hundred Thousand Dollars ($700,000) is hereby appropriated from ARPA Contractual/Consulting Services #355.800.66834.50150, and Various to pay for the technology solutions to optimize integrated communications (Equipment, Products, or Services) procurement from Zetron, Inc. under Contract No.042021-ZET.
Line Item: 355.800.66834.50150, Various
Line Item Description: Contractual/Consulting, Various
Was Personnel/Item/Service approved in original budget or a subsequent budget revision? Yes
Are funds currently available for this Personnel/Item/Service in the specific line item? Yes
If funds are not currently available in the specified line item, where are the funds available? N/A
Passed by the Kane County Board on October 8, 2024.
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John A. Cunningham, MBA, JD, JD Corinne M. Pierog MA, MBA
Clerk, County Board Chairman, County Board
Kane County, Illinois Kane County, Illinois
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